October, 2015
Grapevine Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
Business Matters 02-03
Networking Opportunities Community Awards To: All Members
Mission: The mission of the Grapevine Chamber of Commerce is to promote business that adds value to our community.
•
Vision: The vision of the Grapevine Chamber is a progressive business organization that brings relevant and essential opportunities for our investors and community to grow and prosper.
•
Values: Excellence Innovation Integrity & Community
04-05
Chamber Sponsors Golf Classic Thank You Volunteers
06-07
New Members Luncheon Introductions Ribbon Cuttings
08-09
Job Fair Ambassador of the Month Women’s Division
10-11
Renewing Members October Calendar
Learn More about the Hospital District Bond Program at Luncheon, Oct. 8 The Grapevine Chamber of Commerce is proud to have Jill “J.R.” Labbe, Vice President of Communications and Community Affairs, and Scott Rule, Vice President and Chief of Staff, for JPS Health Network speak about the Proposed Hospital Bond Program. The luncheon, sponsored by Northstar Bank of Texas and catered by Righteous Ribs, will be Thursday, October 8, at 11:30 a.m., at the Grapevine Convention Center. Prior to joining JPS in 2012, Labbe was the editorial director for the Fort Worth StarTelegram. When she was hired in 1992 as editorial director for the Arlington edition of the newspaper, she was the first fulltime female editorial writer in the newspaper’s history. Labbe went to the StarTelegram after serving as editor of the A.H. Belo Corp.’s Grand Prairie Daily News. Her work experience prior to newspapers
includes a stint as a national public relations coordinator for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and eight years in hotel sales and marketing in north Texas. Labbe sits on the boards of Goodwill Industries of Fort Worth and the Tarrant Literacy Coalition, a nonprofit agency she helped found that advocates for and provides training to lowliterate adults in Tarrant, Parker and Johnson counties. She is a member of the Board of Visitors for the AddRan College of Liberal Arts at Texas Christian University. Labbe is a life member of the Kansas University Alumni Association, having spent four great years of learning - and not all of it in a classroom - at the Lawrence campus. Rule attended and graduated from Baylor University with a BBA in Finance, then completed his MBA at Texas Tech University. After nearly 7 years working in operations and financial analysis, lastly as Vice President of Planning and Analysis with an investment bank in Dallas, Rule earned his Law degree from Texas Wesleyan University. Rule was admitted to
Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/ Grapevinecoc
the Texas Bar in May of 1997. Rule practiced law in-house for financial services firms and an insurance holding company system as Associate General Counsel before joining JPS as Vice President of Planning and Analysis in September of 2009 where he oversees real estate, planning, insurance procurement, legal services, and other administrative areas. Make plans to attend the luncheon at the Grapevine Convention Center, located at 1209 S. Main St. (at the corner of Vine St. & Municipal Way). The cost is $25 with a reservation by 5 p.m., Tuesday, October 6, or $40 after that date. There is a $5 fee for invoicing, and all reservations not canceled by 1 p.m. the Wednesday of the luncheon will be billed. Please note that the late registration and walk-in fee has been increased to $40, and please register early! Reservations can be made by contacting the Grapevine Chamber at (817) 481-1522, emailing info@grapevinechamber. org or visiting the Chamber website’s Events Page.
Like us on Facebook facebook.com/ GrapevineChamber